Articles by Larry Magid

Advice for safe & compassionate social networking

September 1, 2009 // 9 Comments

Back to school time is an excellent time for kids, parents and teachers to think and talk about the safe and approprite use of the Internet and social networking tools. My [...]

Facebook lawsuit ‘a jumbled mess’

August 18, 2009 // 6,158 Comments

While I can’t comment on the entire suit, it’s clear to me that parts of the just-filed privacy lawsuit against Facebook represent a lack of understanding of how [...]

Should sex offenders be banned from social networking sites?

August 13, 2009 // 73 Comments

By Larry Magid The just-signed Illinois law banning sex offenders from social-networking sites might seem like a good idea to protect children, but it will have virtually no [...]

Aneesh Chopra on Internet safety

August 5, 2009 // 9 Comments

Aneesh Chopra, the nation’s first chief technology officer came to Silicon Valley this week to speak at the Churchill Club and the Internet Education Foundation’s [...]

Netgear router filters porn

July 30, 2009 // 12 Comments

There are lots of Internet filtering products on the market that enable parents to block certain types of websites such as pornography, hate sites, or sites that promote [...]

We need critical thinking in a world without Uncle Walter

July 21, 2009 // 29 Comments

I both envy and worry about young people who are growing up in the age of the Internet. I envy them for their life-long access to a media that’s diversified enough to [...]

Cyberbullying: a serious problem, but not an epidemic

July 14, 2009 // 19 Comments

by Larry Magid The first things you need to know about cyberbullying are that it’s not an epidemic and it’s not killing our children. Yes, it’s probably one [...]

Washington Post piece questions filters @ school

July 11, 2009 // 102 Comments

A well thought-out Washington Post column by Justin Reich points out that web filters in schools do a great job limiting what teachers can search while not doing much to [...]

Internet safety messages must be tailored to risk group

July 10, 2009 // 5 Comments

by Larry Magid One problem with most of today’s Internet safety messaging campaigns is that there is only one set of messages for the entire population of youth and [...]

Should schools end Internet safety nights?

July 9, 2009 // 7 Comments

by Larry Magid Ever since I founded SafeKids.com back in the mid-nineties I’ve been giving talks at school events, typically on “Internet safety night.” For [...]

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